netdev - Re: Fwd: [PATCH] [-mm] ACPI: export ACPI events via netlink

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:30:16 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	hadi@...erus.ca
Cc:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-acpi@...r" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>, lenb@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: [PATCH] [-mm] ACPI: export ACPI events via netlink

On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 11:01 -0400, jamal wrote:

> Ok, by inspection (sorry, still dont have much time) - your kernel code
> is sending to group 1; i.e
> 
> genlmsg_multicast(skb, 0, 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
> 
> you need to change that to send to your assigned id, i.e:
> genlmsg_multicast(skb, 0, acpi_event_genl_family.id, GFP_ATOMIC);
> 
> then the user space code will work. I should be able to look at it if it
> doesnt work by end of week.

Ah, that coincides with something I was wondering about. Isn't it
possible to have multiple multicast groups with generic netlink? If so,
we might have to use real netlink for wireless...

johannes

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